Three years after buying parabolic trough concentrating solar company Solel, Siemens says it is getting out.
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Wind Whack: Siemens Cutting 615 U.S. Workers
Siemens is laying off 615 U.S. wind workers, mostly in Iowa and Kansas, as the production tax credit expiration looms.
Siemens Tests ‘eHighway’ With Trolley-Like Trucks
Siemens says its “eHighway,” with cargo trucks powered by overheard power lines like trolley cars, could make moving goods a whole lot greener.
Wind Brings Carbon-Free Economic Boom To NW Iowa
The wind boom in northwest Iowa has at least one thing on North Dakota’s oil boom: It’s not unleashing massive amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere.
Iowa Factory Gets World Record Wind Turbine Blade Order
A Siemens factory in Fort Madison, Iowa, will be humming again, making the blades for 448 giant wind turbines.
Big Solar, From Canada To The California Desert
First Solar will build a 250-megawatt solar power plant in the California desert, while work begins on Canada’s largest PV project ever.
Vestas Wind Work Perks Up In Colorado
Vestas factories in Colorado will manufacture the blades, towers and nacelles for the company’s new V110-2.0 MW turbine to be used at wind farms in the United States.
European Electric Micro Car Can Drive On Solar Alone
Researchers in Europe develop a micro electric car prototype capable of traveling up to 12 miles or so on solar power alone.
Massive SoCal Wind Turbine Blade Breaks Off
A 173-foot-long blade breaks off a Siemens wind turbine at a Southern California wind farm, leading the company to curtail operations worldwide.
US Army Rolling Out $7B Renewable Energy Buy
Private money is financing privately developed renewable energy projects, beginning with geothermal, that will power U.S. military installations.
Record-Big Solar For Middle East Oil Barons
A 100-megawatt parabolic trough solar station launches in Abu Dhabi; the developers are calling it the world’s largest concentrating solar power plant.
Way Big Wind: Try 10 MW Turbines On For Size
GE wins a contract to build facilities in Denmark to test wind turbine nacelles with an output power up to 10 megawatts.
With Solar, Libya Don’t Need No Stinking Oil
Sure, Libya has lots of oil – but a new study says the North African country’s solar resource could be five times as energy productive.
German Electric Car Research Project Building Better EV
The Visio.M electric car research project in Germany, seeking to build a better mass-market EV that’s lower cost and still efficient, is well under way.